Weekly Maritime Incident Summary 29 Apr- 05 May 2025

The Securewest International Maritime Assistance Centre (MAC) recorded 26 maritime related incidents during the reporting period of 29 April – 05 May 2025. The following incidents were recorded:

  • 29-APR-25 Drugs Interdiction – Marijuana worth $1.8 million USD seized at Manila International Container Port, Philippines.
  • 29-APR-25 Robbery – Container vessel KOTA HALUS robbed in the Singapore Straits.
  • 29-APR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 40 migrants rescued off Aydin, Turkey.
  • 29-APR-25 General Security Warning – Live weapon firing south of Gwadar, Pakistan, Arabian Sea.
  • 29-APR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 422 migrants intercepted in the English Channel.
  • 29-APR-25 Drugs Interdiction – Vessel smuggling 181 kilograms of cocaine interdicted north of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
  • 30-APR-25 General Security Warning – Live weapon firing SSW Karachi, Pakistan, Arabian Sea.
  • 30-APR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 12 migrants rescued off Mugla, Turkey.
  • 30-APR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 294 migrants intercepted in the English Channel.
  • 30-APR-25 Drugs Interdiction – 4,500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean.
  • 30-APR-25 Drugs Interdiction – US Coastguard lands $12.5 million USD of narcotics in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • 01-MAY-25 Boarding – Container vessel boarded in the Singapore Strait. 
  • 01-May-25 Boarding – Underway tanker CULTURE  boarded in Singapore Strait.
  • 01-MAY-25 General Security Warning – Vessels being denied permission to depart RAS ISA, Yemen.
  • 01-MAY-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 226 migrants intercepted in the English Channel.*01-MAY-25 Drugs Interdiction – More than 1 million Ecstasy pills seized at Port of Algiers, Algeria.
  • 02-MAY-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 19 migrants rescued off Aydin, Turkey.
  • 02-MAY-25 General Security Warning – Live Firing Notice South of Gwadar, Pakistan.
  • 02-MAY-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 216 migrants intercepted in the English Channel.
  • 02-MAY-25 Drugs Interdiction – $14.1 million worth of drugs intercepted in the Caribbean Sea.
  • 02-MAY-25 Attack – Aid vessel CONSCIENCE targeted by drones offshore of Malta, Mediterranean Sea.
  • 03-MAY-25 Robbery – Locked dinghy stolen at Chaguaramas Anchorage, Trinidad.
  • 03-MAY-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 42 migrants rescued off coast of Aydin.
  • 04-MAY-25 Boarding – Attempted boarding in the Bay of Campeche.
  • 04-MAY-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 43 migrants apprehended off coast of Izmir.
  • 05-MAY-25 Attack – Air attacks on the port of Hodeidah, Yeman.

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